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Honing her prodigious talent on the Southern gospel circuit of the 1950s, Mavis and the Staple Singers went on to sell more than 30 million records, with message-oriented soul music that became a soundtrack to the civil rights movement--inspiring Martin Luther King, Jr. himself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCritically acclaimed biographer and \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e music critic Greg Kot cuts to the heart of Mavis Staples's music, revealing the intimate stories of her sixty-year career. From her love affair with Bob Dylan, to her creative collaborations with Prince, to her recent revival alongside Wilco's Jeff Tweedy, this definitive account shows Mavis as you've never seen her before. \u003ci\u003eI'll Take You There\u003c\/i\u003e was written with the complete cooperation of Mavis and her family. 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